Master of Arts Cultural Engagement

Emphasis in Social Entrepreneurship

Beginning Fall 2010

Suggested Curricular Plan (30 hrs)

Common Core (6 hrs)

ID 5001	Foundations of Integrative Thought	3 hours
ID 5002	Foundations of Cultural Engagement	3 hours

Required Courses (12 hours minimum)

Cultural Engagement Courses (6 hrs - choose 2 or 3)

CE 5232	Interpersonal Communication	3 hours
CE 5238	Group and Organizational Communication	3 hours
BE 5000	Introduction to Bioethics	3 hours
HR 5110	Introduction to Human Rights	3 hours

Religion Courses (3 hrs - choose one)

ME 7300	World Religions	3 hours
RS 6334	New Religious Movements	3 hours
RS 6340	Religious Identity, Conversion and Violence	3 hours

Ethics Courses (3 hrs - choose one)

PR 7200	Ethical Theory	3 hours
ST 5200	Christian Ethics	3 hours
ST 6210	Advanced Christian Ethics	3 hours

Social Entrepreneurship Emphasis (9 hrs)

CE 5620	Cultural Engagement	3 hours
SE 5372	Nonprofit Management	2 hours
	or
SE 5353	Management of Change and Strategic Planning	2 hours
SE 5391	Entrepreneurial Accounting and Finance	2 hours
	or
SE 5373	Non-Profit Financial Management	2 hours
SE 5392	Social Entrepreneurship	2 hours

Capstone 

CE 7476 CE 7478    Or CE 7480

Capstone Project

0-3 hours

Selected Course Descriptions

ID 5001 Foundations of Integrative Thought

This course surveys the Bible from the standpoint of its unfolding history of redemption.Stress is laid on precedents, themes, truths, and strategies that established God’s will in earlier times and that should direct God’s people in subsequent times, including our own. Students will make progress in learning what the Bible says on questions relevant to both academic inquiry and practical living. More importantly, students will make progress in learning how to think, creatively but responsibly, about current issues using the Bible in ways that are recognizably Christian. Examples of topics that may be explored: human nature, morality, government, education of children, aesthetics, marriage, racial reconciliation, and questions of meaning and truth. Three hours. 

ID 5002 Foundations of Cultural Engagement

This course introduces the student to pivotal Christian doctrines as a framework within which to evaluate the working intellectual assumptions of contemporary culture. In addition to investigating several models for Christian engagement with culture, the course encourages the positive formation of a Christian worldview as a foundation for creative interaction with contemporary thought and cultures. Three hours.

BE 5000 Introduction to Bioethics: Matters of Life and Death

An overview of the Hippocratic/Judeo-Christian tradition in medical ethics against the background of biblical-theological discussion of human nature, medicine, and healing and as a context for the rise of the new bioethics. Three hours.

CE 5615 Cultural Engagement

This course seeks to engage contemporary culture biblically and theologically. The aim is to develop a Christian position on certain significant issues in contemporary culture (e.g., poverty, trafficking, HIV/AIDS, education, health care). Students will be encouraged to develop their own positions on the relationship of gospel to culture, church to world, through detailed case studies.

HR 5110 Introduction to Human Rights

This is an introductory course surveying the concepts, terminology, and history of human rights. The theological and historical origins of the international legal instruments and institutions involved in international human rights will be explored.

SE 5372X Nonprofit Management

This course covers the theories and principles unique to managing ministries and not-for-profit social services organizations. Special emphasis is placed on the recruitment and management of volunteers and on effective development and utilization of volunteer boards of directors. Two hours.

SE 5353 Management of Change and Strategic Planning

Theory, analysis, and application of intervention methods and procedures to effect change within the organization. Leadership roles in effecting change. Prerequisite: BUS 115 or permission of instructor. Two hours.

SE 5373 Non-Profit Financial Management

This course covers basic concepts in managing finances for nonprofit organizations. Basic accounting topics covered include budgeting, expense control, and income measurement. In addition, the course covers fund-raising practices, including annual funding, capital campaigns, planned giving, special events, and grant proposal approaches and procedures. Ethical implications of fundraising and a survey of laws and regulations are also presented. Two hours.

SE 5391 Entrepreneurial Accounting and Finance

This course is designed to help students understand key accounting and financial concepts as they relate to start-up ventures. Concepts to be covered include financing options, working capital management, financial statements, and the time value of money. Brief coverage will also be given to personal financial management and to succession and retirement planning. Two hours.

SE 5392 Social Entrepreneurship

This course focuses on preparing students to create and mange organizations that advance social change. Course content will cover the start up, organization, and financing of enterprises with social purposes. Two hours